CSS MPT 2023
CSS MPT 2023 contains 157 multiple-choice questions drawn from the FPSC MPT syllabus. The screening test runs 200 minutes with a 33% pass mark (66/200) and no negative marking. The section-by-section split is below.
The full paper was withheld post-exam, this set includes only questions verified by multiple independent sources.
Section breakdown
| Section | Questions | Share |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 78 | 50% |
| General Abilities | 26 | 17% |
| Islamic Studies | 20 | 13% |
| Urdu | 20 | 13% |
| English | 13 | 8% |
| Total | 157 |
| Section | Sub-section | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| General Knowledge | 5.2 Current Affairs | 24 |
| 5.1 Everyday Science | 22 | |
| 5.3 Pakistan Affairs | 22 | |
| 5.4 History | 7 | |
| 5.5 Geography | 2 | |
| 5.7 GK / World Trivia | 1 | |
| General Abilities | 4.4 Logical & Analytical Reasoning | 11 |
| 4.1 Arithmetic | 6 | |
| 4.3 Geometry | 5 | |
| 4.5 Mental Abilities | 2 | |
| 4.2 Algebra | 2 | |
| Islamic Studies | 1.1 Seerah & Early History | 12 |
| 1.2 Beliefs, Worship & Fiqh | 5 | |
| 1.3 Quran & Hadith Studies | 3 | |
| Urdu | 2.1 Grammar & Structure (قواعد) | 9 |
| 2.2 Vocabulary & Idioms | 5 | |
| 2.3 Translation & Paragraph Context | 3 | |
| 2.4 Literature & Poetry | 3 | |
| English | 3.2 Vocabulary | 13 |
How difficulty has shifted
FPSC has raised the difficulty of the MPT screening test year on year, deliberately narrowing the number of candidates who reach the written examination. Recent batches lean harder on applied reasoning and current affairs than on straight recall.